Shen Yao reached the warehouse in the shortest possible time. She first used her mental power1or spiritual power; TL: I will now use mental power instead of spiritual power to make it easy to remember, since it comes from the mental ability to scan the surroundings. Confirming no one was around, she quickly laid out the supplies for the transaction.
Not long after, Qian Hongfei arrived with two of his men, pushing a cart.
Seeing that the other party had kept his word and indeed brought only two people, Shen Yao pointed inside the warehouse. “The goods are all in there. You can go in and move them.”
“Alright, let’s move the goods first.” Qian Hongfei was also straightforward. He had his men unload the items from their cart and set them aside, then began moving the grain. The three worked quickly and soon had everything loaded onto the cart.
Once the grain was in hand, Qian Hongfei rapidly calculated the total. “Big Sister, one thousand jin of rice and white flour comes to 3,500 yuan. The two black pigs, estimated at 400 jin, come to 2,000 yuan. That’s 500 for the brown sugar and 600 for the soybean oil. The total is 6,600 yuan exactly. Three chests of antiques and two boxes of jewelry count as 1,600 yuan in cash value. I’ll give you the remaining 5,000 yuan in cash, plus several dozen national ration tickets. Does that work for you?”
Qian Hongfei didn’t dare underestimate the woman before him. Even though she appeared to be alone, who knew how many people were hidden nearby? Besides, he wanted to establish a long-term cooperation with this woman. Anyone who could produce this much grain at once was certainly not simple.
The corner of Shen Yao’s mouth twitched. She was only fifteen years old, a young girl in the prime of her youth, yet a man more than a decade older was calling her “Big Sister.” It felt rather odd.
Nevertheless, she smiled and nodded. “Alright, no problem. We’ll settle it the way you said.”
Qian Hongfei handed Shen Yao a box containing the money and all the ration tickets. “Big Sister, here are 5,000 yuan in cash and the national ration tickets. Please verify them. And here are the antiques. I picked out the better ones. Please inspect them as well.” He opened the chests on the ground, making the contents clear.
Shen Yao looked at the items in the chests. The quality was mixed, but overall they were good. The two boxes of jewelry mainly contained jade and diamonds with no gold pieces. Thinking about it, it made sense. With gold prices soaring these days, people thought jade and the like were worthless. Shen Yao thought these people didn’t know their value. Those items would appreciate many times over in a few decades, and now they were all hers at a cheap price.
“No need to count the money. I trust Boss Qian is a straightforward person.” Shen Yao picked up the chests without checking the amount inside.
“Alright. Big Sister, next time you have supplies, come directly to the black market and find me.” After saying that, Qian Hongfei and his two men left, pushing the grain. He needed to sell the goods quickly. At the end of the year, this batch would earn him a hefty profit, letting his brothers have a prosperous New Year.
After the people from the black market left, Shen Yao quickly stored everything into her space, changed her clothes, and hurried back to the hostel.
She was exhausted after all that working so late at night. She did a simple wash and fell asleep the moment she lay down.
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The next morning, Shen Yao didn’t leave her room until nine o’clock. She was completely worn out yesterday and ended up sleeping for ten hours straight, waking only because she was hungry.
She found a breakfast shop that seemed quite popular and bought a serving of fried dough sticks and tofu pudding. The taste was authentic. No wonder the shop was so popular.
Remembering that the old man from last night had asked her to come over today, she wondered what he was up to. Having nothing else to do, she decided to go meet that old fox.
When Shen Yao arrived, she saw the courtyard gate was open. She stepped inside and saw the old fox lying on a rocking chair in the yard, a small table beside him with tea on it. He really knew how to enjoy life.
“Old man, the sun has been out for ages. Still not awake?” Shen Yao knew the old fox was pretending to sleep. He had probably noticed her the moment she arrived.
“You brat, no respect for your elders! Last night you politely called me ‘Grandpa,’ but today I’m just ‘Old Man.'” Zheng Yaozu opened his eyes and glared at Shen Yao, giving her a good scolding.
Shen Yao wasn’t afraid of him at all. She rolled her eyes at him directly. This old fox had a bad memory. When did she ever call him Grandpa? He must be dreaming of being her grandfather. “I think you’re the one who’s not awake yet. Otherwise, why would you be talking in your sleep in broad daylight?”
Zheng Yaozu was so angry his beard stood on end. He pointed at Shen Yao and said, “With that temper of yours, it’s your good fortune to be my granddaughter. With such a foul temper, what boy will want you in the future?”
Somewhere in Shanghai, an innocent person was caught in the crossfire…
Shen Yao felt she shouldn’t have come. This old man’s mouth could poison someone. Today, she had come just to be tortured. “None of your business. This girl is young and beautiful. Finding a husband won’t be a problem. Besides, it has nothing to do with you.”
“Hey, you shameless girl, praising yourself like that.” Zheng Yaozu thought this girl was incredibly bold, not afraid of him at all. Back when he was at home, everyone was afraid of him. The younger generation spoke to him cautiously. He found that life unbearably boring, so he ran away to Jiang City to hide. To avoid being found by his family, he had even ended up with no food to eat. It wasn’t easy, was it?
“Alright, old fox, what did you call me here for today? After all that rambling, did you just want me to come listen to a lecture?” Shen Yao pulled over a chair and sat down. She was exhausted. Talking to this old man required extreme caution, or she would fall right into his trap.
Zheng Yaozu found this brat to be anything but cute. “What could I want? I just took a liking to you, you brat, and asked you to come keep an old man company.”
“Fine, I’m leaving then. You can keep chatting to yourself, old man.” What kind of person was this old fox? She wasn’t going to indulge him. Trying to play mind games with her? Dream on.
“Don’t you want the things? I have plenty of good stuff here like jade ruyi scepters, jadeite cabbages, rare and extinct ancient books and calligraphy. If you walk out that door, they’ll be gone.”
Hmph, he knew this girl loved money and was especially interested in antiques. He didn’t believe she wouldn’t be tempted.
Shen Yao didn’t move. She stared straight at the old fox. He didn’t look like a rich man at all, so how did he have so many treasures? She said, “Old man, since you have so many good things, you shouldn’t be short of money. How did you end up in such a state that you have to go to the black market to exchange for food?”
Zheng Yaozu felt as if he had been stabbed. This girl was deliberately rubbing salt into his wound. When he ran away, he had forgotten to bring enough money. After hiding in Jiang City for two years, he couldn’t resist buying any antique that caught his eye. He also loved eating at good restaurants. Before he knew it, the 30,000 yuan he had brought was gone…
If he hadn’t run out of money and couldn’t afford to eat out, would he have been willing to trade away his collection?
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